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The food bank found its new home just two weeks ago with help from Healthy Planet, which requisitions disused buildings for other charities.

Healthy Planet’s project co-ordinator David Sharman said: “The Oxford Food Bank keeps about 1.5 tonnes of food from going to landfill every week, and it is that type of activity we try to champion, so it seemed like a perfect fit.”

Every year the food bank delivers £1.5m worth of unwanted groceries from Sainsbury’s in Kidlington, Tesco in Cowley, Chef Direct in Didcot, Fresh Direct in Bicester, Booker cash and carry in Osney Mead and Roots of Oxford, also in Osney Mead.

Each year it spends £15,000 on fuel and maintenance costs – no-one is paid.